I-TikTok ifaka ikhowudi kumaphepha ewebhu yomntu wesithathu xa umsebenzisi evula iphepha lesikhangeli kwiTikTok app. Le khowudi inokusebenza njengelogger, phakathi kwezinye izinto. Ngokutsho kwentlalo yoluntu, ikhowudi ekuthethwa ngayo isetyenziselwa iinjongo zophuhliso kuphela.
Umphuhlisi kunye nomphandi wokhuseleko uFelix Krause wafumanisa ukuba xa umsebenzisi evula ikhonkco kwinguqulo ye-iOS ye-TikTok, i-browser engaphakathi kwi-app ivula apho indawo yentlalo inokutofa ikhowudi yeJavaScript. Oku kuya kuvumela idatha efakwe ngekhibhodi, kubandakanywa amagama ayimfihlo, ulwazi lwentlawulo kunye nenye idatha, ukuba irekhodwe. Akazange aphande ukuba ngaba oku kukwanjalo kwinguqulelo ye-Android yesicelo.
I-TikTok iqinisekisa kwiForbes ukuba ikhowudi yeJavaScript ikhona ngenene, kodwa ukuba imiyalezo malunga nesityholo selogger iyalahlekisa. Ikhowudi ephikisanayo kuthiwa yinxalenye engasetyenziswanga ye-SDK yomntu wesithathu. “Njengamanye amaqonga, sikwasebenzisa isikhangeli se-app ukubonelela ngamava afanelekileyo omsebenzisi. Ikhowudi yeJavaScript efanelekileyo isetyenziselwa ukulungisa ingxaki, ukulungisa iingxaki kunye nokubeka iliso ekusebenzeni kwesicelo, umzekelo ukujonga isantya sokulayisha sephepha kwaye ukuba iphepha liyantlitheka.
Ngaloo ndlela, inxalenye ye-keylogger yekhowudi esuka kwiqela lesithathu le-SDK ayiyi kusetyenziswa. Akukacaci ukuba ngubani lo mntu wesithathu kwaye ngaba baya kufuna ngokwenene i-keylogger ngeenjongo zophuhliso. I-TikTok iphinda icebise ukuba idatha ethile ebhalisiweyo icutshungulwa kwindawo kuphela kwisixhobo kwaye ayithunyelwa kwiiseva zonxibelelwano lwentlalo.
Umphandi uthi kwiziphumo zakhe, ezihambelana nokufunyanwa kwangaphambili kokulandela umkhondo ngu-Instagram kunye noFacebook kwizikhangeli ze-app, ukuba ingxelo yeTikTok inokuba ichanekile. “Ngenxa yokuba usetyenziso lutofa iJavaScript kwiiwebhusayithi zangaphandle akuthethi ukuba usetyenziso lwenza into engalunganga. Akukho ndlela yokwazi ngokuthe ngqo ukuba yeyiphi idatha eqokelelwa sisikhangeli se-app kunye nokuba le datha iyathunyelwa okanye iyasetyenziswa.
Ke ngoko ayinikwanga ukuba iTikTok ngokwenene irekhoda igalelo lekhibhodi yabasebenzisi, ingasathethi ke ngokuyithumela kwiiseva zayo okanye ngenye indlela iyigcina. Nangona kunjalo, ngokuqinisekileyo oku kuya kwenzeka. Ngeso sizathu, ngokukaKrause, kububulumko ukukopa amakhonkco esiphequluli ngeTikTok, kodwa nangoFacebook kunye ne-Instagram, kwaye uncamathisele ngqo kwisikhangeli esithembekileyo. Ngale ndlela, izicelo ezifanelekileyo azikwazi ukufaka ikhowudi yokubhalisa idatha ebuthathaka ngale ndlela.